Guest Account Allows FTP Users Access Without Authentication

ID: Q137853

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 3.51

If a Windows NT FTP server has the guest account enabled with no password assigned, anyone can log on to the server using FTP without knowing a username or password. This situation occurs even if the FTP Server Service is configured for "Allow Anonymous Connections" using a username and password.

To prevent unauthorized connections to the FTP server, do one of the following:

Disable the guest account.

Place a password on the guest account.

Configure the FTP Service to Allow Only Anonymous Connections by placing a username and password on the account.

For more information on configuring the FTP Server Service, see Chapter 7, "Using the Microsoft FTP Server Service," in the Windows NT Server "TCP/IP" manual.

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Version : 3.51
Platform : WINDOWS
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